A Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1) solid rocket lifts off from Jiuquan spaceport, Nov. 11 (UTC), 2024, carrying 15 satellites into near-polar orbit. Credit: CAS Space HELSINKI — A Chinese commercial rocket ...

Rocket Lab's Electron is the second-most used ... Its robust backlog of over $1 billion shows strong demand for its services. If the stock interests you, you'll want to keep a close eye on the ...

As CCTV informed, the rocket lifted off at 12:03pm Beijing time (07:03am Minsk time) from the Dongfeng commercial space launch facility in the north of China. According to the TV channel, it was the ...

Lifting off from Rocket Lab’s exclusive Launch Complex 1 facility in New Zealand, the firm’s Electron rocket will launch a satellite to orbit for a confidential commercial customer.

However, by 2017, when SpaceX re-flew a Falcon 9 rocket for the first time, the writing was on the wall. "This is a very important step, we sincerely congratulate our colleague on this achievement," ...

During an important rocket test, some students decided to strap some cheese onto one of the craft's landing legs — and got a crucial lesson in physics. As Interesting Engineering reports ...

Specialty industries like space travel were particularly hard hit, given the impossibility of heading down to the corner to pick up spare rocket parts. Industries began taking a long, hard look at ...

The AFP is capable of traveling laterally up to 98 feet (30 meters) making it fully capable of laying the largest pieces – the 91 ft (28 m) long interstage and fairing of the Neutron rocket.

French launch startup Sirius Space Services said Thursday that it had completed a hot fire test campaign of the thrust chamber for its STAR-1 rocket engine, European Spaceflight reports.

Astra just got some help in getting its new rocket off the ground. The California-based company announced today (Oct. 23) that it has signed a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), a U ...